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Director Scott Goldsmith has nicely integrated the Winthrop House Junior Common Room into the play's set, a Scandinavian drawing-room at the turn of the century. Unfortunately his production is not as well-integrated into Ibsen's original. Instead, thoughtful direction, strong lead performances and very uneven supporting roles show the audience a masterpiece--and how close a production can come to botching...

Author: By Jurretta J. Heckscher, | Title: A Hedda Its Time | 12/8/1977 | See Source »

Among the most popular-and decorative-burners on the market are the Scandinavian imports-heavy, cast-iron models. However, according to Wood 'N Energy, a newsletter published by the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests, U.S.-made circulating heaters are the variety most in demand, both because of the amount of heat they deliver and their ease of operation with thermostatic controls. International Troubadour Bill Crofut (he sings in 27 languages) has installed three American-made log burners in his Wilton, Conn., home. With a $425 Riteway Model 37, Steven and Mary Ahlgren have used nothing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: The Back-to-Wood Boom | 12/5/1977 | See Source »

Palm's program is already on 126 weekly flights connecting Germany with the Americas, Africa and the Far East, and is also available in printed form. Scandinavian Airlines has followed suit with an exercise program featuring such bracing gyrations as "jogging on the spot," "rowing while seated" and "slalom while seated." Indeed mini-gymnastics aloft may become the biggest thing in air travel since mini-Martinis. Prosit! Skoal! To your health...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Fitness in Flight | 8/1/1977 | See Source »

Another worthwhile exhibition in the area isat the Busch-Reisinger Museum on Kirkland St. This often-neglected Harvard art museum specializing in Germanic and Scandinavian Art currently is displaying the D. Thomas Bergen Collection of German Expressionist Drawings through July 15. Open 9 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. weekday, closed weekends...

Author: By Joanne L. Kenan, | Title: Galleries | 7/8/1977 | See Source »

...m.p.h., heavy, frozen snow caved through a hockey rink's roof-minutes after 25 youngsters had left. The same heavy snow leveled a horse barn in Windham, Me., but four horses trapped under the snow and twisted metal were dug out alive. Sturdy North Dakotans of Scandinavian descent, long since inured to cold, broke out booster buttons proclaiming: MINUS 40 BELOW KEEPS THE RIFFRAFF OUT. When West Virginia's Governor Jay Rockefeller insisted on being inaugurated outdoors in Charleston's 0° weather, local wags quipped, "We always figured it would be a cold day in hell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WEATHER: The Big Freeze | 1/31/1977 | See Source »

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